Hurricane Picture

Bigwebmaster

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This is part of Hurricane Isabel off coast of North Carolina from oil tanker, pic taken on 9/17. I have no idea who to give credit to because it came by my email in a fwd, but I think this picture is awesome!

b_heyer

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oya! thats niiice!!! To bad we don't have any credit bearer

UNFLUX

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that's simply INSANE. Incredible shot. Thx for sharing.

Nego

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That is one nice shot.... Beutiful!

PluTunium

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All i have to say... AMAZING! Cept i wouldn't like to be the people on that ship!

b_heyer

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yep, and it almost looks like the ship is going towards it.

swr99hs

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great picture

how can it be abywhere near a hurricain when the sea is so flat?

many thanks

Hilary

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Talk about being in the wrong spot at the right time! That picture is outstanding!

Nucleo

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that is very awsome he could sell that pic, i am sure som1 would buy it

massfrequency

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You don't see photos like that too often... that dude was lucky to get that shot, but still incredible!

guppyman

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This is damn nice !

Bogey

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Lol great. It went as my desktop background and I find something else ironic with this thread. At least I think it's ironic.

Was that ship digitally drawn there? Or is it a photograph?

spork

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I would love to have that photo blown up into a poster.

righteous_trespasser

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I'd like to blow you up ... But yeah seriously that is an awesome photo ...

Belk Media Group

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Bogey wrote:

Lol great. It went as my desktop background and I find something else ironic with this thread. At least I think it's ironic.

Was that ship digitally drawn there? Or is it a photograph?

Well, after a quick lil search, the image is appearently real. However, the story behind it is false.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_isabel_photo.htm

Awesome picture regardless.

Bogey

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OriginNO_II wrote:

Bogey wrote:

Lol great. It went as my desktop background and I find something else ironic with this thread. At least I think it's ironic.

Was that ship digitally drawn there? Or is it a photograph?

Well, after a quick lil search, the image is appearently real. However, the story behind it is false.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_isabel_photo.htm

Awesome picture regardless.

Okay, now for the ironic part [b]if[/b[ the picture is real and not digitally altered than why is it here posted by... ?

Belk Media Group

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What?

Yah uuuum, thats not irony.

Bogey

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OriginNO_II wrote:

What?

Yah uuuum, thats not irony.

No, what I meant is the person who made the rules posted in the wrong section? just something I noticed. not a biggie

wfcamb

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Yeah, I had heard that the image was false, but I believed it to be a legit photo of a normal storm. NOT from the hurricane.. Nice shot though.. Would have loved to have been there at that time..

SB

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Bogey, it wasn't posted in the wrong forum. It wasn't until around a year or so ago the Photography forum came about and topics from the digital art forum were then moved to the photography forum. Because the original topic of the Hurricane was created back in September 2003 this will have been pages back on the forum Digital Art forum and won't have been moved to Photography when the forums were split.

I wasn't really going to move it to the photography forum due to the topics age and the fact that i assumed the person posting was just going to be a fly-by poster however i'll move it into the correct forum in just a moment.

LookingForInsight

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Great photo though!
Looks great.

joebert

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I want to know who the genius driving the tanker, right into the storm, is.

Bogey

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SB wrote:

Bogey, it wasn't posted in the wrong forum. It wasn't until around a year or so ago the Photography forum came about and topics from the digital art forum were then moved to the photography forum. Because the original topic of the Hurricane was created back in September 2003 this will have been pages back on the forum Digital Art forum and won't have been moved to Photography when the forums were split.

I wasn't really going to move it to the photography forum due to the topics age and the fact that i assumed the person posting was just going to be a fly-by poster however i'll move it into the correct forum in just a moment.

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Fri Sep 26, 2003 5:19 pm

Okay, I guess it isn't ironic then. I didn't notice the date of the thread and didn't know that the two forums were as one before.

SB

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Yeah, the forums split about November last year.

wigwam

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This is why the latest advancement in technology especially in relation to photography is so great! Cameras, which used to be as big as a suitcase decades ago have become so small enough to fit in your pocket, that anybody who gets hit with an inspiration can just click away anytime, anywhere.

I think that the picture is awesome. The taker pressed the shutter at the right time, if it had been a second late or early, the color of the sky might have been different and the effect of the whole picture would not have been as great as it is.

I think it's gallant of you, bigweb to not claim the photo as your own as a respect to the unknown person who took it.

Bogey

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Before they get blown away

Anyway, if that picture is real than that is some mighty hurricane brewing. If it's false, than the creator had a mind for destruction